2 men shot - confrontation at campground

rfryer wrote:

An incident like that and the perception it's representative of an area, or a group, is a stretch, Francesca.

I wasn't attempting to draw any such conclusion- just mentioned it as another shootout in the same 24hr. period, this time between a Trooper and a citizen.

But since you bring the subject of conclusions up and if you're interested in actual statistics/facts:
Take a gander at this Wall Street Journal report that concludes that when the report was done in 2010 Alaska was second only to Tennessee for most violent State in the U.S.A....this despite very different demographics from those typically associated with such high rates.

Wall Street Journal wrote:

#2. Alaska:
> Violent crime rate per 100,000: 606.5
> Pct. below poverty line: 10.5% (4th lowest)
> Pct. less than high school education: 8.3% (4th lowest)
> Property crime rate per 100,000: 2,632.8 (23rd lowest)

Alaska does not share many characteristics with other violent states. It has the second-highest median household income in the country, as well as the fourth-lowest poverty rate. Nevertheless, Alaska had the nation’s highest rate of aggravated assault by a large margin last year, with more than 464 incidents per 100,000 people. There were also more than 58 reported forcible rapes per 100,000 people in 2011, the second-highest rate for such crimes in the nation, but down from 73.3 reported cases per 100,000 in 2010.

Here's hopin' things have improved since then...